The Maps feature on Facebook Timeline is nice, though recently I have established that I am location paranoid and wouldn't like people seeing all the places I have been to, so I want to disable and/or remove it entirely from view on my Timeline.

Facebook with Maps

Facebook with no Maps

As you can see from the first image, I have ~700 spots tagged as Places, ideally I don't want to delete this metadata, but if that's what it takes to remove Maps, sure I can take the sacrifice. At best I just want to disable the Maps tile, no need for people to map out where I am like Carmen Sandiego.

I don't see an option under Facebook Apps or within privacy settings to remove the Maps, so how can I can disable Maps from Facebook Timeline? Is it also possible to remove the Maps altogether?

You want just to hide the location or disable it entirely?
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AlexSep 18 '12 at 6:06

If you've already turned your location services setting off, you can turn it back on by finding your phone's main settings menu and making sure location services are allowed for the app. (Source.) So you should go into the main phone settings and make sure they are not allowed.
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AlexSep 18 '12 at 6:11

Then, that’s a “phone feature,” so disable it from Facebook’s phone settings. (I don’t know the exact steps, sorry.) As for showing the “historic” data on your timeline, I have no clue.
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AlexSep 18 '12 at 13:36

Check the second answer from this thread, maybe it will help you.
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AlexSep 18 '12 at 13:38